Justice Definition

jŭstĭs
justices
noun
justices
The quality of being righteous; rectitude.
Webster's New World
Impartiality; fairness.
Webster's New World
Sound reason; rightfulness; validity.
Webster's New World
The quality of being right or correct.
Webster's New World
A judge on the highest court of a government, such as a judge on the US Supreme Court.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun

An occupational surname​.

Wiktionary
A male or female given name from the abstract noun justice.
Wiktionary
idiom
do justice to
  • To treat adequately, fairly, or with full appreciation:

    The subject is so complex that I cannot do justice to it in a brief survey.

American Heritage
bring to justice
  • to cause (a wrongdoer) to be tried in court and duly punished
Webster's New World
do justice to
  • to treat fitly or fairly
  • to treat with due appreciation; enjoy properly
Webster's New World
do oneself justice
  • to do something in a manner worthy of one's ability
  • to be fair to oneself
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Justice

Noun

Singular:
justice
Plural:
justices

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Justice

Origin of Justice

  • From Middle English justice from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iustitia 'righteousness, equity', from iustus "just", from ius 'right', from Old Latin ious, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *yews-. Replaced native Middle English rightwished, rightwisnes "justice" (from Old English rihtwīsnes "justice, righteousness", compare Old English ġerihte "justice").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin iūstitia from iūstus just just1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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